Migration starts up right on cue 16th March

The recent high pressure centred over the UK for the last few days has drifted off south-east leaving in its wake a south-westerly airflow strengthening throughout the morning from the low pressure replacing it from the north-west. Radar in the Netherlands picked up many birds over Netherlands, Belgium and parts of Germany moving north-east at altitudes ranging up to 2km throughout the night and still at 1pm today with arrivals also from the UK. A good number of migrants were recorded today throughout the county with Chiffchaff, Wheatear, Sand Martin and Swallow.

The sat tracked Osprey "09" is now in Western Sahara having recently covered 600 miles at altitudes up to 1km and speeds up to 51mph.